The long call butterfly spread is a defined-risk, limited-profit options strategy designed for traders who expect minimal ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). A positive butterfly is a non-parallel yield curve shift that occurs when short- ...

Trading options can be a complicated process, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible routes ahead of executing a trade. The beauty of options ...

All week, we've been unpacking options strategies with cool names. Next up, the iron butterfly is a flexible options strategy that can be placed using call or put options, but each trade's risk and ...

Markets can be volatile at times. But even amid volatility, there are opportunities for pattern trading – including butterfly pattern trading. This charting pattern is the product of volatility and ...

Butterfly spreads involve buying one option at a lower strike price, selling two options at a middle strike price, and buying one option at a higher strike price. This strategy is typically used to ...

Trading options can be a complicated process, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible routes ahead of executing a trade. The beauty of options ...